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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Subject: Re: 88MB SyQuest (Was Re: 1.52MB drive)
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References: <1991Apr10.154645.10484@mack.uit.no> <177031@netw23.uucp>
Date: 23 Apr 91 18:40:34 GMT
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In article <177031@netw23.uucp> val@netw23.uucp (Oberon Kenobi) writes:
>In article <1991Apr10.154645.10484@mack.uit.no>, terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no (Terje Pedersen) writes:
>> Doesn't anyone know anything about the new 1.52 MB disc drive to Amiga ? I
>> thought that such a drive would be the first thing any Amiga owner would want
>> to buy, even before a hard disc. Even with a hard disc you are bound to have
>> a bunch of disks. (unless you have a 1.2 GB drive...and who does.?)
>>
>> TP
>
>     There is a 2.88MB SCSI disk drive available as a NeXT peripheral.  Since
>it's SCSI, it can be used on an Amiga.  Unfortunately, it's price is about
>$500, so I'd rather get a Syquest 44MB drive.
>
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You might also want to look at the 88MB SyQuest dirve.  The cartridges are
exactly the same size and construction.  The drive itself is the same size
also, but now 88 MegaBytes can be shoved on the cartridges.  Anyone have
any prices or know if the cartridges are exactly the same or a more 
expensive higher density format?

                                   Wayne Rigby
                                   Computer and Systems Engineer (in training)
                                   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                   metahawk@rpi.edu